Bermuda Shorts, October 5, 2004
Man stabbed in head in Hamilton ? but refuses to file complaint
A Pembroke man had to be taken to hospital after being stabbed in the head in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police were called to a disturbance on the corner of Dundonald and Princess Streets and found the man lying face down in the middle of the road bleeding profusely from his head area.
The 28 year old was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where it was discovered he had been stabbed in his forehead and his right shoulder. He refused to file a police complaint and was released from hospital after treatment.
Cops issue warning about Pembroke break-ins
Police are warning North Shore, Pembroke residents to be vigilant following a slew of break-ins in the area last Friday.
A Northcote Ave home was broken into between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., netting the thief an IBM laptop computer and a gold bangle bracelet.
On the same day, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. a break-in occurred at a West Park Lane home. The complainant reported that someone had entered the home and made an ?untidy search? but it was not known whether anything was taken.
But another laptop was taken from a Swansbay Hill home in yet another break-in during the day. ?Policing are noticing a host of day time break-ins in the North Shore Pembroke area or specifically areas within a mile radius of the West Pembroke School,? a Police spokesman said.
?This includes Vale Close, Varcrosson Crescent, North Court, Northcote Swansbay area. We are asking the public to be vigilant and to be aware of anyone acting suspiciously in the area, particularly a man or two men riding on a black cycle.?
Seven cycles were stolen over the weekend, there were a total of nine breaking and enterings, 16 no-injury collisions and 14 collisions with injuries, the spokesman added.
Studies sought for Causeway
Government are exploring the possibilities of replacing the Causeway which shattered with the loss of four lives during Hurricane Fabian last year.
Works and Engineering are advertising for people to put together a feasibility study for a new crossing through Castle Harbour and Grotto Bay. Applications must be in by October 22.
Teachers wave union flag
The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) will mark World Teachers Day today by wearing union paraphernalia to school.
As part of the week?s observance of the international event the BUT has named the finalists in its Teacher of the Year competition. This year Dellwood Middle School?s Ellen Kelly, Southampton Preschool?s Kim DeSilva and Spice Valley Middle School?s DeJuana Burrows are the three finalists.
The winner will be named at the BUT?s November conference.
West Indians to hold Ivan telethon
The West Indian Association hope to raise more than $100,000 for the Caribbean victims of Hurricane Ivan with a telethon this month.
The three-hour broadcast starts on ZBM at nine p.m. on Tuesday, October 26. Money raised will be distributed by the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
Special bank accounts have been set up for those wishing to donate. They are Bank of Butterfield - 2006060808587100. The Bank of Bermuda (Bermuda dollars) 1501 - 828887. The Bank of Bermuda (US dollars) 1510 - 828887.
PRIDE to ?paint the town red? in drugs fight
PRIDE (Parent Resource Institute for Drug Education) Bermuda will be hosting the 7th Annual Red Ribbon Celebration this month with the theme ?Unite For a Drug Free Bermuda?.
A 24 hour rocking chair marathon will be held today at the Flag Pole on Front Street to raise money for PRIDE?s Youth Travel Fund.
Tomorrow during Harbour Nights, PRIDE volunteers will put on a strictly red fashion show ? local stores will provide the attire.
The official Red Ribbon Week kick off will be on October 11 at City Hall, where students from PRIDE Youth programmes will perform.
An Environmental Change Day will be on October 12, when the Island will be encouraged to participate in community service and pick up trash. The community are encouraged to wear red on October 13 to show their support of drug prevention.
A School Rally Day will be held at Victoria Park on October 14, where PRIDE Youth members will be hosting the ?Celebrating Life Drug Free School Rally?. Local students will perform and show their support of living life drug free.
And a walk and candle light vigil will be held on October 15 through Hamilton beginning at the Cabinet Office at 6.30 p.m.
PRIDE Bermuda hopes to celebrate drug prevention by bringing the community together through these seven events this month.
Cameras allowed in Zeta-Jones stalker case
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A judge agreed to allow television cameras at pretrial hearings for a woman accused of stalking actress Catherine Zeta-Jones ? except for when witnesses are testifying.
Lawyers for Zeta-Jones had asked the court to bar cameras to avoid tainting the jury pool and to discourage copycat crimes.
Judge David Mintz has not yet ruled on a request by the Sheriff?s Department to bar cameras from the November 10 trial because witnesses include undercover detectives.
Dawnette Knight, 33, is charged with one count of stalking and 24 counts of sending threatening letters to actor Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones? husband. The couple own a home in Bermuda and Mr. Douglas, a scion of the Dill family is a co-owner of Aerial Sands.
Knight, who was arrested June 3, allegedly apologised in another letter, claiming she had been in love with Douglas. Knight, who appeared in court wearing a black suit, is being held on $1 million bail.
Royal Naval Association dissolves
The Royal Naval Association marked its dissolution with a ceremony at the Mariner?s Club of the Bermuda Sailor?s Home at the weekend.
The association started in Bermuda in 1959 with 47 people but disbanded five years later with just eleven members.
The organisation, which honours the role of the Royal Navy in protecting Bermuda, was reinstated in 1982. During its existence it has raised money for various causes including the St John Ambulance Brigade.
Sargasso paper proves popular worldwide
A scientific paper based on research carried out by the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR) has become the third most cited scientific paper in the world for 2004 ? and could become even more important than the mapping of the human genome.
World-famous human genome pioneer Craig Venter teamed up with the BBSR to analyse small samples of the Sargasso Sea and then sequenced the genetic code ? turning up 1.2 million new genes in the waters off Bermuda. The human genome, according to BBSR director Tony Knap, turned up only 27,000.
And, Dr. Knap said, that ground-breaking and historic research was completed without the benefits of the new laboratory building that was christened at the BBSR yesterday.
?Now there should be nothing stopping us,? he told The Royal Gazette.
A new lab, which will cost about $7 million with endowments, will double the lab space at the BBSR and provide space to expand the centre for research on ocean and human health ? including some ?very, very interesting? research on ageing.
?The research facility is second to none,? Dr. Knap said.
The physical plant itself, built by Somers Construction, is now complete, and the BBSR is busy moving thousands of dollars worth of cutting-edge equipment in.